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W. VAN HORN. ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

Patented Mar. 10,1891.

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W. VAN HORN. ROLL PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

" No. 448,097. Patented Mar. 10,1891.

WILLIAM VAN HORN, or PI IIA, OHIO, ASSIGNOR 'ro CHARLES or SAME PLACE.

E. STUART,

ROLL-PAPER HOLDER AND CUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 448,097, dated March10, 1891.

Application filed February 9, 1888. Serial No. 263,434. (No model.)

To 60 whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM VAN HORN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at Piqua, in the county ofMiami and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Roll-Paper Holders and Cutters, and I do hereby declarethe following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same,

This invention relates to an improved rollpaper holder and cutteradapted to rest upon or be suspended below the counter of stores andother places, or rest upon a suitable support or be suspended in otherdesired positions, according to the use to which the holder and cutteris applied,be it for carrying wrapping or toilet paper.

In the drawings I have represented my invention as adapted for holdingand cutting suitable lengths of wrapping-paper, though it is manifestthat it may be equally well employed for holding and cutting off lengthsof other paper.

The invention, briefly described, comprises a frame adapted to eitherrest upon a suitable support or be suspended in suitable position, andhavingvertical side pieces having grooved or recessed ways in theirinner faces, a pair of roll-supporting slides contained and adapted toslide respectively within said ways, a pair of outwardly-curved pivotalarms, each connected, respectively, with one of said slides, and a knifeconnected at its respective ends to the lower ends of the pair ofpivotal arms.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front perspectiveview of my improvedroll-paperholderandcutter,adapted to rest upon acounter, table, or other suitable support. Fig. 2 represents an endelevation thereof with a roll of paper in position therein. Fig.3represents a front elevation of the device adapted, as shown, to besuspended from a counter, shelf, or other support. Fig.

4. represents a perspective view of one of the side walls of the framewith one of the automatically-adj ustable roll-supportingarms and one ofthe knife-carrying arms in position, the roll-supporting arms and theknife-can rying arms being shown in the position they assume when a fullor nearly full roll of pa per is inthe holder. Fig.5 represents asimilar View to Fig. 4, but showing the position those parts assume asthe circumference of the roll diminishes by reason of the removal ofpaper therefrom. Figs. 6, '7, and 8 represent modifications in the modeof connection between the knife-supporting arms, frame, androll-supporting arms. I

In the construction as adapted to rest upon counters and the like, 1represents the baseboard or support for the roll-paper holder. Thisbase-board is of sufficientsize and weight to form a firm support andfoundation for the holder when in use. It is designed to be made ofsufficient breadth and thickness as to firmly and surely support theholder steadily while the paper is being unwound and cut off from theroll. It may either be made of wood or 7 metal, as desired. Thestandards or side walls 2 of the frame have right-angled lower ends orfeet 3, which are secured to the base 1 by screws, belts, or othersuitable means 4.. by thus connecting the holder to suoha base it can bereadily shifted from one position to another upon a counter, as desired,and always supported rigidly in position without the necessity ofsecuring it directly to and thereby defacing the counter.

here, as shown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, it is desired to suspend theroll-paper holder .from the under-side of a counter, shelf, &c., 5,

the base-board l is omitted and there piective standards 2 may in suchcase be, less length than is shown in Fig. stance, as represented inFig. 3 of th jdrawings. Said standards 2 need not in such case extendbelow the top of the recessed or cutaway portion 6, while, however, itis prefer- 9o able that in the hanging form shown in Fig.

3 the arms or standards 2 shall be thus shortened, as thereby the weightto be suspended will be decreased. Still it is'notobligatory that saidstandards shall be thus shortened, 5 as they may be of the same lengthin the hanging form as they are shown in Fig. 1.

7 represents a cap board or plate, which may be secured to the counteror shelf 5 by screws, bolts, or equivalent means for the pur- Ioo poseof suspending the holder in position. The standards 0 are preferably ofmetal,

though they may be formed of wood. As

clearly indicated in Fig. 1, they are maderightand left, and have attheir respective ends outturned fianges3, by means of which and theconnecting screws or bolts they may be removably connected,respectively, to the cap 7 and base 1. Each of these standards 2 has inits inner face a vertical groove or guideway 9 to receive, and withinwhich the rollshaft or spindle hangers or slides 10 are received. andreciprocate. These roll-supporting slides or hangers 10 each have ahookshaped lower end 11 to receive and support;

knife 14, which is either removably attached thereto by screws, belts,or equivalent devices 15-, as shown. If desired, however, either one orboth of said arms 13 may be formed integrally with the knife 14, whichlatter need simply consist of a flat or other suitablys'hapejd strip ofmetal, it not being necessary that the knife shall have a sharpcuttinglhese knife-supporting arms are pivotally supported and connectedat a suitable point in their upper 01' rear portion either to thestandards 2, as shown at 16 in Figs. 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, and 8 of thedrawings, or else, as represented at 17 in Fig.6, they are pivoted tothe slides 10.

18 represents a curved slot formed in and extending transversely throughthe rear or upper portion of each of the arms 13, with which a lug orpin 19, projecting from either the roll-supporting slides 1001- thestandards 2, engages. Theobj e'ct of thus pivotally supporting theknife-arms 13 and connecting them by slot 18 and pin or lug 19 eitherwith the roll-supporting slides 10 or standards 2 is that upon the rollbeing placed in the slides or carriers 10 its weight will pull down uponsaid slides or carriers, and this downward pressure causes the lug orpin which, as shown in Figs. 4 and 5, rests in the slot 18 to pull downon "the knifearms 13, thereby brin'gi-ngand retaining the knife 14always in contact with the roll of paper, so that paper maybe drawn fromthe roll and cut off by the lower edge of the knife and the loose end ofthe paper held in place.

\Vhen afull r'ollof paper is in the machine, the knife-arm's '13 willstand in about the position shown in Figs. 2, 6, and 7, and the lug orpin 19 will occupy its nearest position to the pivots 16. In thisposition the-downward pressure at the knife 14 is least, but the weightof a full roll of paper supplies the-dc sired amount of pressure. As thesize of the roll decreasesthe'knife-arins gradually assume the positionshown in Fig. 5, and the lug or pin 19 will occupyits farthest positionfrom thepivot 16. In this position the downward pressure at the knife 14is greatest, but the decrease in the weight of the roll of paperdecreases the pressure to about the desired amount. The curve in theslot 18 serves to hold the knife 14 more firmly against the roll ofpaper as the downward pressure hecomes more abrupt as the roll decreasesin size. The guideways 9 prevent the hangers 10 from having a swingingmotion, thus preventing the roll of paper from swinging away from theknife 14 when it is brought into contact with it by the downwardpressure caused by the weight of the roll. The guideways 9 also byholding the hangers 10 in a perpendicular position, keep the lugs orpins 19 in proper position in the slots 18. Vere it not for theguide'wa'ys'or theirequivalent the lugs or pins 19 would fall to thelower end of the slots l8'at once, instead of coming to the positiongradually as the size of the roll of paper decreases. This would giveeither too much tension on the knife in the start or else not enough inthe end when the roll is small.

In Figs. 6, 7, and 8 slight modifications are shown in theconnection-and operation of the knife-carryingarrns 13. In Fig. 6 saidarms are pivoted directly to the roll-carrying hangers or slides 10 andare pulled down directly by said hangers as they are pulled down by thepaper-roll, the movement of said arms '13 being regulated to maintainthe knife 14 in contact with the paper-roll through the medium of thelugs or pins 19011 the standards 2 and the slots 18 in the rear of saidarmsin the same manner as in the form illustrated in Figs. 4 and 5. InFig. 7 the same object is i secured by pivoting the knife-arms 13 to thestandards 2 and providing the roll-supporting slides 10 with ahook-shaped upper end 20. In this form as the slides are pulled down thearms 13 will be correspondingly drawn'down to press the'knife againstthe paper-roll.

In each of the forms illustrated in the drawings the same results arese'cured-viz., the automatic gradual drawing down of the knife-carryingarms and the pressing of the knife against the paper as thecircumference of the roll decreases and the widening of the distancebetweenthe connections of said arms 13 with the slides 10 and of saidarms 18wit'h the standards 2.

In lieu of forming grooves 9 in the inner facesof the standards 2, themanifest equiva lent thereof of vertical ribs 21 may be formed on eachside edge thereof, between which the slides 10 may be held andreciprocate, or, as represented in Fig. 8, the standards 2 may be formedwith a vertical rib 22, extending a short distance of its length,against which the front edge of the slide 10 may rest, and thus be heldin perpendicular position, and

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to receive the rollspindle and retain it in position and preventswinging motion of the roll.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim is 1. Aroll-paper holder and cutter comprising a frame having standards oruprights having roll-receiving and slide-holding guide- Ways therein, apair of curved knife-carrying arms having pivotal bearing at their rearportion between said uprights, a knife attached to and connecting thefront or lower ends of said arms, and a pair of slid esloosely supportedbetween and resting against the respective inner faces of theframe-standards and adapted to receive and support the paper-roll andengaging, respectively, with the knife-carrying arms, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

2. A roll-paper holder and cutter comprising a framing having verticalguideways therein, aroller or spindle carrying the paperroll, a pairofslides or hangers contained within said guideways with capacity ofvertical reciprocation therein and adapted to support saidroller-spindle and paper-roll, a knife, and l a pair of outwardly-curvedknife-carrying arms in contact with said slides or hangers and havingpivotal bearing at their rear ends for the purpose of securing theautomatic operation of said slides or hangers and knifecarrying armsandmaintaining the knife in position against the paper-roll.

' 3. In a roll-paper holder, the combination of the standards 2, havingvertical guideways therein, and roll-supporting hangers adapted toreceive the roller-journals and suspend the paper-roll between andreciprocate vertically along said standards.

4. In a roll-paper holder, the combination of vertical standards havingvertical guideways therein, roll supporting hangers adapted toreciprocate along said guideways, a pair of pivotally-mountedknife-carrying arms connected to said roll-hangers and having a slottedrear portion, studs or pins engaging the slotted portions of said armsfor the purpose of maintaining the knife in position against thepaper-roll, and a knife connecting said knife-arms together.

5. A roll-paper holder and cutter having a knife held to positionagainst the roll of paper essentially by means of the weight of theroll, substantially as set forth.

6. In a roll-paper holder and cutter, the combination, with thepaper-roll and its carrying roller or spindle, of a frame, a pair ofslides adapted to receive said roller-spindle and to reciprocatevertically upon said frame, and a pair of knife-carrying arms havingconnection with said slides, whereby as said slides reciprocate saidknife -arms will be either raised or lowered for the purpose ofmaintaining the knife in contact with the paper-roll, substantially asset forth.

7. A roll-paper holder and cutter having a pair ofvertically-reciprocating roll-carrying slides, and a pair ofknife-carrying arms connected therewith, whereby as said slides aredrawn down by the weight of the paper said knife -arms will becorrespondingly drawn down and the knife carried thereby pressed againstthe paper-roll.

S. A roll-paper holder and cutter comprising a frame having standards oruprights having vertical slots therein to receive the rollspindle andvertical guideways to guide the roll-supporting slides and maintain themin position, a pair of curved knife-carrying arms having pivotal bearingat their rear between said uprights, a knife attached to and connectingthe front or lower ends of said arms, and a pair of slides supportedbetween said standards with capability of vertical reciprocationtherealong and adapted to receive and support the paper-roll andengaging, respectively, with the knife-carrying arms, substantially asset forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIAM VAN HORN.

Vitnesses:

J. O. NEER, G. LANGDON.

